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YacasMaxima
Free

Yacas is open source under the LGPL-2.1 license.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Supports symbolic algebra and arbitrary-precision numerical work
  • Uses an extensible scripting language
  • Broad symbolic maths: calculus, ODEs, linear algebra, tensors
  • Exact and arbitrary-precision arithmetic
  • Uses its own scripting language
  • The core program is a plain terminal interface
  • Lisp heritage and syntax take some learning
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: LGPL-2.1 License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 8, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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